'Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law' (Delhi);
policy briefs by Philip Allott and on ICC's Africa crisis and Iran;
new Cooperation and Judicial Assistance Database;
15 new collections available in the ICC Legal Tools Database

In a new policy brief, Cambridge Professor Philip Allott writes that we "have inherited an international legal system that was rationalised in the eighteenth century as a system for the piece-meal reconciling of the self-interest of states, as represented by their governments". He argues that the "high social function of philosophy must be restored", that "lawyers have a duty to try to make the law as good as it can be", and that "[n]owhere is this more necessary than in international society".

Tuned to this challenge, we are pleased to present - on UNESCO's World Philosophy Day - a call for papers for the new research project 'Philosophical Foundations of International Criminal Law'. Selected authors will be invited to present their papers at a conference in New Delhi on 25-26 August 2017, co-organized by 11 partner institutions. The project a) analyses foundational concepts in international criminal law, b) correlates the teachings of leading philosophers of law and scholars with international criminal law, and c) invites a future-oriented rationalisation of the discipline, assessing whether its foundational concepts impose clear limits for the further development of its content and ways of enforcement. The project seeks to clarify and deepen the intellectual roots of international criminal law, and help us start thinking about the future of the discipline. Please go to the concept note and call for papers for more information.

Finally, CILRAP has contributed to the development of fifteen new collections of sources relevant to international criminal law in the ICC Legal Tools Database, freely available to browse, filter or search on one platform, including the following collections: